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| | UTLink: Kirton, John. The Diplomacy of Concert: Canada, the G-7 and the Halifax Summit |
 | | Indeed, the advent of the Summit in 1975 and Canada's membership since 1976 have progressively led to a transformation in the historic post World War Two pattern of Canadian foreign policy, from the practice of the traditional "diplomacy of constraint" to that of the modern "diplomacy of concert." |
| | Instead, it has enabled Canada to assemble issue- and interest- specific coalitions of fellow major powers in the plurilateral concert of the G7 and thus successfully shape international order on the basis of distinctive Canadian interests and values, even over the initial opposition of such powerful partners as the United Kingdom and United States. |
| | Secondly, Canada has increasingly used its position in the Summit to successfully reinforce its major power presence, assert its national interests and values, form fluid interest- and issue-based coalitions, and secure agreement for its positions, in ways that attract domestic acclaim. |
| www.g7.utoronto.ca /scholar/kirton199501/cfp95int.htm (549 words) |
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